ICSA Team Race Rankings #2 Are Out! You can find the Open rankings HERE and the Women’s Rankings HERE. Open Rankings For this edition we welcomed Coach Annabell Carrington from the College of Charleston to our rankings panel, which already consisted of John Mollicone (Brown), Chris Klevan (Stanford), Charles Higgins (Tulane), and Brendan Feeney (Fordham). … Read More
Sail1Designerof the Month – Toms River High School South Sailing Team, Toms River NJ;winners of the 2011 National Great Oaks Championship BY Sail1Design’s MARTHA PITT The Toms River team is a small but dedicated group of sailors, with just ten on the roster for this past fall season. Led by senior captains Charlie Nunn … Read More
By Sail1Design’s Margaret Boehm This weekend, top ranked Finn sailor from Great Britain Ben Ainslie was top news,but not for his sailing. The sailor who is a triple gold Olympic medalist,found himself among the gossip columns of Great Britain and Australia due tohis conduct with the media after a race during the ISAF World Championships … Read More
By Margaret Boehm With Christmas and Hanukah quickly approaching, Sail1Design is hereto help you find the most useful and creative gift for your special sailingenthusiast. In honor of the twelve days of Christmas—Here are 12 gifts ideasthat are sure to send any gift receivers hearts sailing! 1. Wind on DVD-The 1992 movie staring Matthew Modine … Read More
By Sail1Design’s Elizabeth Dudley I spent my past two weekends helping to coach one of the Optimist Travel Teams that have sprouted up around the country in recent years. A good number of Opti teams these days are club specific. This one in particular however draws kids from the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. … Read More
By New Airwaves member Morgan Kinney Congratulations to ISAF Match Racing Champions Ian Williams, Malcolm Parker, Gerard Mitchell, Matt Cassidy and Bill Hardesty. After defeating Johnie Berntsson 3-1 at the Monsoon Cup in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, Williams was awarded his third championship crown. While reigning as one of the US’s top match racers, Hardesty has … Read More
Sail1Design is proud to introduce our newest sponsor, McLaughlin Boat Works. What follows is a great success story for the youth sailing community, and for American craftsmanship. Please support McLaughlin and their efforts in the most important arena of sailing: youth sailing! The history of McLaughlin Boat Works (MBW) dates back to the 1960’s in San … Read More
By Judith Krimski After three years ofcampaigning, over 240,000 miles traveled (9 times around the world) ClayJohnson (now in Perth Australia training for the final Olympic qualifyingregatta) is in the home stretch of his quest to represent the United States asthe sole male laser sailor in the 2012 Olympics. Currently ranked 12th in … Read More
By Airwaves Staff Writer Elizabeth Dudley The J22 East Coast Championship was canceled in the early part of September. It had to be rescheduled for a later date due to a “lack of interest”. Four years ago, the J22 class, at least in the Annapolis area, was one of the strongest fleets. But just a … Read More
LARCHMONT, N.Y. (October 7, 2011) – Local involvement proves an important component in the Storm Trysail Foundation’s (STF) popular one-day Junior Safety-at-Sea Seminars, and to that end the non-profit organization is looking to expand its impact nationally by implementing more seminars at key sailing venues across the country. The program, which was established 15 years … Read More
Opti Sailors Say the Darndest Things! By Margaret Boehm We invite you, after reading this story, to share YOUR stories of Opti coaching. At the end of this article, there is a submission form to share your thoughts and stories of Opti coaching. Top story submission wins a prize. Enjoy! I started sailing at … Read More
By Elizabeth Dudley, Airwaves Writer Sail1Design is excited to introduce our newest team member, Elizabeth Dudley. Elizabeth grew up sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. She went to The Gunston School where she sailed and was captain of the Varsity Sailing Team. Elizabeth also attended and graduated from Boston College in May 2011 with a Bachelor … Read More
PDRacer upcoming World Championpship Race The Puddle Duck Racer is a fast growing sailboat club where members build their own boat and then compete with them in fun and goofy ways, and sometimes in very serious conventional buoy racing. The Puddle Duck Racer is the easiest boat in the world to build. All the hulls … Read More